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In the Song Hits, after Chattahoochee is a song called Cold, Cold, Heart. I'm not familiar with the tune but looking at the sheet music it doesn't look to hard. In the main L&M course, after House of the Rising Sun is Pachelbel's Canon. I'm familiar with the tune and looking at the sheet music is making me terrified! Slow and steady wins the race is my motto. We'll see! Have a great day everyone.

If there are no rests than you can let it go guilt free without any bother or worries! You can continue your interior battle when the rests show up later on. Oh, and I hate to be the bearer of bad new, the rests show up in the chord exercises too! But hears some good news, you don't have to mute the remaining time of an 8th note. Just move on, and with practice, slowly increasing your bpms, you got this! Have a great day.

Are there any rests? Just curious.

I'm also working in session 10 on House of the Rising Sun. The fast version on the jam along CD is 123 bpm. I'm up to 120 bpm but that puppy is a killer! Maybe next week! Oh, I all ready said it. Have a great day!

Very interesting and I wish I would have read that back when i was in session 3. I'm in session 10 now, and I don't have my course book with me, so I'm not sure if the exercises in session 3 bonus materials for open third string have rests in them. If there aren't rests, then you shouldn't have to mute. I think, unless I'm missing some thing.

Yeah, the last one, titled "song performance" is the yardstick for me moving on to the next song or not. Maybe I'll get it next week! Thanks again.

I dont' think you need to mute the note unless there is a "rest" symbol. If there isn't a rest you can let the note ring out naturally. I think the different rest times and symbols are covered in session 2. Of course, if there is a rest you need to silence all strings for the rest symbols amount of beats. Hope this helps.

I do watch the video first and then practice to a target bpm before I try to play along with Steve on the DVD. I will try and tap it out in the future for a more accurate target. When I can play along with Steve then it's time to move to the next song. Yesterday, I had it down in practice at 90 bpm, popped in the DVD and got humiliated! So I think your right with 140 bpm. With the jam along tracks, if you can't do the fast one at least you can have some fun with the medium and slow version. With the Song Hits it's all or nothing! Thanks again everyone.

Ah-ha! I see it now. For some reason, in my book the tempos don't start until after Chattahoochee. Of course, thats the song I'm working on. I have to start slow and increase bpms by 5 until I feel I'm getting close. The reason I like the jam along bpm post is, I don't even try the CD until I can do what the post says. Then I usually avoid being humiliated by the fast one. With Chattahoochee I'm up to 80 bpm and I think I getting close but not quite there. Probably 90 bpm before I pop the CD in. Thanks again and have a great, hopefully long, weekend!

I've saw the post of the bpms for the jam along CD songs but does anyone know if someone came up with the bpms for the "Song Hits" in the L&M course? Thanks again for everyones help.

Thanks for the response Matonanjin. I don't know if I'd call it a party, more like slow motion torture! But that's the way it always is, for me, when I start something new at this level. The link is exactly what I was looking for except the diagram is not left handed and I don't see a way to "flip it" lefty (like some websites provide). The good news is that, heeding Blue Dogs advice, I've been plowing ahead and "doing the math" myself because there is no easy way to do this other than doing it. I've been making slow progress but am still working on C and G major. One thing that has helped is creating little "words" out of the scales. For example, for the C scale I think CDEGA (I invented a new word!) when ascending, and CAGED when descending. Its funny how the brain creates little tricks to speed things along. Unfortunately, you have to do the hard work to figure out the tricks! Thanks again for your help and have a great day.

Is there a list of the pentatonic forms and the lowest fret to start at for the 13 scales (C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, F, B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G flat)? Thanks for any help. FYI, In my account I can create new topics but not respond so I'll respond with a new topic. I saw Nutty 1's work around but haven't tried it due to time constraints.

Hello All, I'm trying to learn the ascending and descending pentatonic scales using the length of the neck in all keys. When I play the key of C, in all the forms the major (diamond) was a C and the minor (circle) was an A. I figured this is how it's supposed to be so I went on to the key of G. In the bonus workshop, Steve says to start in the second form on the second fret and the major is a G and the minor is an E. All good. I assume, you descend in the third form from the 4th position and once again the major is a G and the minor an E. But when you play the 4th form in the 6th position the minor is a D# and the major is an F#. Even in the 7th position the minor in an E but the major would be a G#. In the fourth form the minor and the major are 4 frets apart. How would you ever fit a E and a G there? Hope this makes sense but I'm really confused. I tried to watch the DVD over and over but Steve plays so fast I can't figure out what he's doing. Thanks again for any help.

Congrats on working session 5. I always start my bpms at whatever speed is a challenge and that can be slow, real slow. Some fingerstyle stuff I start at 30-40 bpms. Once I get comfortable, I bump it up 10 bpms at a time until I get to 120 or whatever Steve recommends before moving on. Good luck man!

Congrats! Unfortunately, I'm still working the demonic Pentatonic Sess 11! Can't wait to get to the Blues. Congrats again and will post when I get there.

Very cool, but it took so long to learn exercise 1 moving the 3rd finger that I'll probably stick with it for now. Probably easier though, in the long run, doing it your way since you don't have to move. Almost got exercise 2 down. Can't believe I'm not using a regular pick! Have a great day and thanks for the info.

Thank you! I've been using my ring finger because I figured that would be proper technique and would keep me out of trouble down the road. Since its the first time I've ever put down my pick, I wanted to be sure. Thanks again and have a great day.

Sorry to drag this question on but I'm talking about the Merle Travis exercise 1 in Session 10, Fingerstyle Guitar of the the Learn and Master Guitar course. Can someone answer my question about this specific exercise? The exercise shows a formed c chord (after the 3 note intro), but there's a g note in that measure. How do I play it? Thanks for any help.

If by ring finger you mean the third finger, it is already fretting the c note on the fifth string in a formed open c chord. The exercise has 3 lead in notes (g, a, b)). Then it has a formed c chord but theres a g note in there. Does the 3rd finger hop from the c on the 5th to the g on the 6th? Thanks for any help.

To clarify my question, Do I use my 3rd finger to hold down the g note on the 6th string and pluck with my thumb or do I play the open 3rd string g with my thumb? Sorry for the poorly worded original question. Thanks again.

I can't see Steve's fretting hand on the Merle Travis exercise 1 video! After the g, a, b intro, do I form a C chord, play the c and e note with thumb and then use my 3rd finger to play the G note (which is not part of the formed C chord)? Thanks for all help.